Welcome to Gina K Designs’ October stamp set release inspiration blog hops! We hope you enjoyed the Release Party last night -- Remember, all of the new October release stamp sets are now available in Gina’s store! Our first stamp set being featured today is:
Basket Additions by Melanie Muenchinger -- What a great set for all the upcoming Fall and Winter holidays AND general celebration/thanks. This set is great to use on its own or the images coordinate with Melanie’s previously released basket sets (Holiday Basket and Spring Basket) and these coordinating accessory sets: Basket Buddies, Basket Blessings!
Here’s the rest of the sneak peek I showed you yesterday -- I chose to make a 6-inch holiday basket door hanger, combining Basket Additions with Holiday Basket:
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This set is a coloring dream! I stamped the basket from Holiday Basket onto patterned paper (from Echo Park’s Season’s Greetings 6x6 pad) and cut it out. Then I shaded the weaving with Copic YG95.
Next, I stamped the Christmas Basket Addition on Copic X-Press It Blending Card and colored it with these Copic markers and Atyou Spica Glitter Pens:
Next, I stamped the Christmas Basket Additions image onto plaid patterned paper and cut out just the basket liner and adhered it to the colored image. Star Dust Stickles were added to the star, ornaments, candy cane, berries and Santa's beard -- hopefully you can see all the sparkle by clicking on the photo below, to get a closer view:
The gorgeous 6-inch background paper (also from Echo Park’s Season’s Greetings) was adhered to Gina’s Heavy Base Weight Ivory Cardstock, the top corners rounded, ribbon tied at the top to create the hanger, and finally -- olive velvet scalloped and pompom trim complete it!
Our next set being featured today is Strength and Hope by Theresa Momber -- Theresa will be donating ALL of her proceeds from the sale of this set for the first month to the American Cancer Society . . . awesome!
Isn’t this set gorgeous?!! We all know at least one person in our lives that has been touched by breast cancer (and probably more than just one) and this set is a fabulous way to let them know you are supporting them AND to help with donating to help find a cure. Here’s a card I created with it:
This set can be used not only for breast cancer awareness, but also any other awareness cause, since you can stamp the ribbons in any color you’d like. You can find a list of all the awareness ribbon colors HERE at StampTV.
These beautiful papers are from Echo Park Victoria Gardens 6x6. I stamped the Ralph Waldo Emerson sentiment from this set directly onto the patterned paper. The beautiful butterfly was stamped onto more of the same solid paper, cut out and the ribbon glittered -- such a pretty, unique butterfly! The HOPE sentiment was inked with Memento Markers Rose Bud and Pear Tart and the pink ribbon also glittered. It was die cut with a Spellbinders Ribbon Tags Trio die.
I hope you’ll drop by and see what these Gina K design team members also have to share today. Make sure you leave a comment on each of the blogs each day because next Wednesday Gina will choose two random winners from all of the comments who will each win a Gina K Designs grab bag filled with at least a dozen individual pre-cut red rubber cling stamp images! The more blogs you comment on, the more chances you have to win . . . good luck!
- Gina K
- Melanie Muenchinger - illustrator Basket Additions
- Theresa Momber - illustrator Strength and Hope
- AJ Otto
- Michelle Woerner
- Sharon Harnist < You are here!
- Suzanne Dean
- Tina Gilliland
- Vicki Dutcher
- Carolina Buchting
- Cathy Tidwell
- Deb Felts
- Donna Baker
- Emily Giovanni
- Giovana Smith
- Janice Whiting
- Jimmi Mayo
- Lee Murphy
{Wishing You Joy Basket Door Hanger}
Stamps: Gina K Designs - Basket Additions by Melanie Muenchinger, Wishing You Joy StampTV Kit
Dies: Spellbinders Labels One Nestabilities dies, Grand Calibur
Paper: Gina K Designs Heavy Base Weight Cardstock-Ivory; Echo Park-Season’s Greetings 6x6; Copic X-Press It Blending Card
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Vivid Tuscan Tan
Copic Markers: R11, R24, R29, YG93, YG95, C1, C3, T3, T5, Y21, Y26, E000, E11; Copic Atyou Spica Glitter Pens-Gold & Silver
Accessories: Olive velvet scalloped trim, Bazzil olive pom-pom trim; Pop Dots; We R Memory Keepers Corner Chomper; Star Dust & Christmas Red Stickles; Dark red satin ribbon
{Strength & Hope Card}
Stamps: Gina K Designs - Strength and Hope by Theresa Momber,
Dies: Spellbinders Ribbon Tag Trio dies, Grand Calibur
Paper: Gina K Designs Heavy Base Weight Cardstock-White; Echo Park- Victoria Gardens 6x6; Copic X-Press It Blending Card
Ink: Memento Rose Bud; Memento Markers-Rose Bud, Pear Tart
Accessories: Pop Dots; Star Dust Stickles; pink satin ribbon
